Jury Pool Profile

Malheur County, Oregon

Republican +44 (2024)

Population: 31,701
Median household income: $49,902
Unemployment: 4.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 23,346 73.6%
Black or African American alone 332 1.0%
Asian alone 437 1.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 752 2.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 73 0.2%
Some other race alone 2,107 6.6%
Two or more races 4,654 14.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 10,628 33.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.2

Under 18 7,982 25.2%
18–24 3,011 9.5%
25–44 8,190 25.8%
45–64 7,113 22.4%
65 and over 5,405 17.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.7%; -0.51 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.6B; 0.47% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,708
Establishments: 1,135

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,412 25.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,318 24.6%
Public administration 1,580 11.7%
Leisure & hospitality 1,369 10.1%
Natural resources & mining 1,305 9.7%
Manufacturing 1,087 8.1%
Professional & business services 410 3.0%
Construction 404 3.0%
Other services 252 1.9%
Financial activities 240 1.8%
Information 77 0.6%
Unclassified 6 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 63.4%
Median gross rent: $819
Owner-occupied: 6,365
Renter-occupied: 3,674

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 10,738 votes cast

Republican 7,593 70.7%
Democratic 2,830 26.4%
Other / third-party 315 2.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

79.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 5,666 19.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 163 0.5%
Other Indo-European 145 0.5%
Other 87 0.3%
German 50 0.2%
Chinese 18 0.1%
Slavic languages 6 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 5 0.0%
Vietnamese 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,039
Family households: 6,440; 64.1% of households
Married w/ children: 4,381
Single-mother households: 803
Veterans: 1,818; 7.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

47.0% overall adherence rate

Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 7,024 22.2%
Catholic 3,777 12.0%
Evangelical Protestant 3,514 11.1%
Mainline Protestant 466 1.5%
Black Protestant 50 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.3%
With a disability: 15.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 9th Judicial District Circuit Court
Judges: 1 (Circuit Court judges per district (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 courts.oregon.gov; cross-checked against ORS § 3.041. Justice Courts (limited jurisdiction — misdemeanors, traffic, small claims under $10K) operate per county and are not counted here. Multnomah County operates a separate County Court for probate / juvenile matters.)
Court seats: Vale

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Oregon statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 14; 59.02 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023